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Old 
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VIEWS AND BUILDINGS 



COUNTY OF ESSEX 



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SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 
December, 1908 



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^ HERE came into the possession of the 
Essex Institute not long ago, a consid- 
erable number of wood-cuts engraved 
by John W. Barber and which were 
used to illustrate his historical works published 
a half-century and more ago. With the passing 
years many of these engravings have acquired a cu- 
rious interest and now possess a certain historical 
as well as pictorial value. Engraving upon wood has 
also fallen into disuse so that the art is but little rec- 
ognized at the present time. It has seemed desirable, 
therefore, to utilize the larger number of the Essex 
County views that were engraved for Barber's Histor- 
ical Collections of Massachusetts, published in 1839, 
and to bring them again to the attention of some of 
those who find pleasure and intellectual satisfaction in 
historical gleanings and in bookish pursuits. To this 
nucleus have been added other engravings of local in- 
terest, some of which were made no longer ago than 
thirty years. The historical annotations are believed 
to be exact and thanks are due to the Essex Institute, 
the Hon. J. J. Currier, and Mr. M. V. B. Perley for 
the use of wood-cuts included in the following collec- 
tion. 

G. F. D. 




MAP OF NEW ENGLAND (REPRODUCTION OF 
CENTRAL PART ONLY), ENGRAVED IN 1676 BY 
JOHN FOSTER FOR HUBBARD's "NARRATIVE OF 
THE TROUBLES WITH THE INDIANS IN NEW 
ENGLAND," BOSTON^ 1677. THIS WAS THE 
FIRST MAP ENGRAVED IN NEW ENGLAND. 




WESTERN VIEW OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINA- 
RY AT ANDOVER, PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL 
WOOD BLOCK, ENGRAVED ABOUT 1838 FOR 
barber's HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS. THE 
BUILDING IN THE CENTRE IS BARTLETT 
CHAPEL, BUILT IN 1818. PHILLIPS HALL, 
BUILT IN 1808, A DORMITORY FOR STUDENTS, 
IS ON THE LEFT, AND ON THE RIGHT IS AN- 
OTHER DORMITORY, BARTLETT HALL, BUILT IN 
1821. 




WESTERN VIEW OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY AT 
ANDOVER, PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL WOOD 
BLOCK ENGRAVED ABOUT 1838 BY S. E. BROWN 
FOR barber's HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS. THE 
ACADEMY WAS FOUNDED IN 1778 AND WAS 
ONE OF THE FIRST INSTITUTIONS OF THE KIND 
IN THE COUNTRY. THE ABOVE BUILDING WAS 
ERECTED IN 1819. 




SOUTHWEST VIEW OF BEVERLY, PRINTED FROM 
THE ORIGINAL WOOD BLOCK ENGRAVED IN 
1838 BY S. E. BROWN FOR BARBER-'s HISTORI- 
CAL COLLECTIONS. THE VIEW ALSO SHOWS 
THE ESSEX BRIDGE, 1484 FEET LONG, BUILT IN 
1788. IT WAS A TOLL BRIDGE FOR SEVENTY 
YEARS. 




THE HOUSE AT SALEM VILLAGE, NOW DANVERS^ 
IN WHICH LIVED GEORGE JACOBS, WHO WAS 
EXECUTED AS A WITCH IN 1692. THE HOUSE 
WAS BUILT BEFORE 1658. THIS ENGRAVING 
WAS PROBABLY MADE ABOUT 1880. 




THE HOUSE AT SALEM VILLAGE, NOW DAN- 
VERS, IN WHICH LIVED REBECCA NOURSE WHO 
WAS EXECUTED AS A WITCH IN 1692. THE 
HOUSE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN BUILT IN 1636. 
THIS ENGRAVING WAS PROBABLY MADE ABOUT 

1880. 




VIEW OF HAVERHILL FROM THE NORTHERN 
BANK OF THE MERRIMAC PRINTED FROM THE 
ORIGINAL WOOD BLOCK ENGRAVED ABOUT 1838 
BY S. E. BROWN FOR BARBER's HISTORICAL COL- 
LECTIONS. THE COVERED BRIDGE ACROSS THE 
RIVER WAS BUILT IN 1794 AND AT THE TIME 
WAS CONSIDERED THE BEST BRIDGE OF ITS 
KIND IN NEW ENGLAND. 




SOUTHWEST VIEW OF THE CENTRAL PART OF 
IPSWICH, PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL WOOD 
BLOCK ENGRAVED ABOUT 1838 BY S. E. BROWN 
FOR barber's HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS. THE 
PICTURE SHOWS THE OLD FIRST MEETING 
HOUSE, THE COURT HOUSE, AND PART OF THE 
FEMALE SEMINARY BUILDING. BEYOND THE 
MEETING HOUSE FORMERLY STOOD THE JAIL 
IN WHICH THE WITCHCRAFT VICTIMS WERE 
CONFINED AND IN WHICH GILES COREY MADE 
HIS WILL. 




VIEW OF LAWRENCE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF 
THE MERRIMAC RIVER, NEAR THE RAILROAD 
BRIDGE. THE ENGRAVING WAS PROBABLY 

MADE ABOUT 1860. 




VIEW OF THE WESTERN APPROACH TO LYNN, 
PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL WOOD BLOCK 
ENGRAVED ABOUT 1838 BY S. E. BROWN FOR 
barber's HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS. THE 
ENTRANCE TO THE COMMON IS SEEN AT THE 
RIGHT. 




VIEW OF MARBLEHEAD FROM FORT SEWALL, 
PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL WOOD BLOCK 
ENGRAVED ABOUT 1838 BY S. E. BROWN FOR 
barber's historical COLLECTIONS. A PIC- 
TURESQUE TOWN HAVING THE NARROWEST 
AND MOST CROOKED STREETS OF ANY TOWN IN 
NEW ENGLAND. 




EASTERN VIEW OF METHUEN FALLS VILLAGE, 
PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL WOOD BLOCK 
ENGRAVED ABOUT 1838 BY S. E. BROWN FOR 
barbery's HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS. THE 

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING HOUSE APPEARS 
ON THE EXTREME RIGHT, NEXT IS THE BAP- 
TIST MEETING HOUSE, THE UNIVERSALIST 
BEING IN THE BACKGROUND, WHILE THE COT- 
TON FACTORY IS AT THE LEFT. 




VIEW OF THE NAHANT HOTEL, LONG BEACH, 
NAHANT, PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL WOOD 
BLOCK ENGRAVED ABOUT 1838 FOR BARBER'S 
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS. THIS HOTEL WAS 
BUILT OF STONE AND OPENED TO THE PUBLIC 
JUNE 26, 1823. IT CONTAINED NEARLY ONE 
HUNDRED ROOMS. IT WAS ENLARGED IN 1853 
AND DESTROYED BY FIRE IN SEPTEMBER, 1861. 




VIEW OF THE LONG ARCH OF THE ESSEX- 
MERRIMAC BRIDGE OVER THE MERRIMAC RIVER 
AT DEER ISLAND, NEWBURYPORT. REPRODUC- 
TION OF AN ENGRAVING IN "LETTERS WRITTEN 
DURING A TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND 
EASTERN STATES OF AMERICA," BY JOHN 
DRAYTON, CHARLESTON, S. C, 1794. THIS 
BRIDGE WAS BUILT IN 1792 AND WAS 
REPLACED IN 1810 BY THE PRESENT '"''CHAIN 
BRIDGE." 




VIEW OF PART OF THE TOWN OF NEWBURY- 
PORT AND ALSO THE CHAIN BRIDGE BUILT IN 
1827 OVER THE MERRIMAC RIVER TO SALIS- 
BURY. REPRODUCTION OF A WOOD ENGRAVING 
MADE ABOUT 1838 BY S. E. BROWN, FOR 
barber's HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS. 




THE HOUSE IN SOUTH DANVERS, NOW PEA- 
BODY, IN WHICH LIVED NATHANIEL BOWDITCH 
WHEN A CHILD. HE WAS BORN IN SALEM. 
PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL WOOD BLOCK 
ENGRAVED ABOUT 1838 FOR BARBER's HISTORI- 
CAL COLLECTIONS. 




THE OLD PLANTER''S HOUSE, FIRST ERECTED AT 
CAPE ANN IN 1624 AND REMOVED TO SALEM 
IN 1628 FOR THE USE OF THE GOVERNOR, 
WHERE IT WAS LOCATED AT WHAT IS NOW THE 
CORNER OF CHURCH AND WASHINGTON 
STREETS. ENGRAVED FOR THE HISTORICAL 
COLLECTIONS OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE^ VOL. 
II. (1860), AFTER A DRAWING MADE BY GEO. 
A. WARD IN 1827, REPRESENTING THE BUILD- 
ING AS IT APPEARED ABOUT 1775. 




THE HOUSE IN SALEM IN WHICH LIVED EMAN- 
UEL DOWNING, CAPT. JOSEPH GARDNER, GOV. 
SIMON BRADSTREET AND CAPT. WILLIAM 
BOWDITCH. IT WAS LOCATED ON THE SITE OF 
WHAT IS NOW THE MUSEUM BUILDING OF 
THE ESSEX INSTITUTE, AND WAS BUILT ABOUT 
1655 AND TAKEN DOWN IN 1794. PRINTED 
FROM THE WOOD BLOCK ENGRAVED ABOUT 
1844 FOR FELT's ANNALS OF SALEM. 




THE PICKMAN HOUSE IN SALEM, BUILT IN 
1750 FOR COL. BENJAMIN PICKMAN. IT FOR- 
MERLY CONTAINED MUCH BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR 
FINISH. EACH STAIR IN THE MAIN STAIR- 
CASE WAS FINISHED WITH A CARVED AND 
GILDED CODFISH, INDICATING THE SOURCE OF 
THE 0WNER''S AFFLUENCE. 




THE NORTH MEETING HOUSE, SALEM^ BUILT 
IN 1772 AT WHAT IS NOW THE CORNER OF 
NORTH AND LYNDE STREETS, ABANDONED FOR 
RELIGIOUS PURPOSES IN 1835 AND TAKEN 
DOWN ABOUT 1860. ENGRAVED IN 1873 AFTER 
A DRAWING MADE BY DR. GEORGE A. PERKINS. 




THE EAST INDIA MARINE HALL, SALEM, 
ERECTED IN 1824 FOR THE EAST INDIA MARINE 
SOCIETY, ORGANIZED IN 1799. THE MUSEUM 
AND BANQUETING HALL WERE ON THE SECOND 
FLOOR. THE FIRST FLOOR WAS OCCUPIED FOR 
YEARS BY THE ASIATIC NATIONAL BANK, THE 
ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE POST 
OFFICE. THIS ENGRAVING WAS MADE ABOUT 
1883. 




WESTERN VIEW OF WASHINGTON SQUARE^ 
SALEM, FROM THE ORIGINAL WOOD BLOCK EN- 
GRAVED ABOUT 1838 BY S. E. BROWN FOR BAR- 
BER^S HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS. THE GATE 
SHOWN IN THE CENTRE OF THE VIEW WAS 
ERECTED IN 1805 AND DESIGNED BY SAMUEL 
MCINTIRE. IT WAS REMOVED IN 1850. THE 
EAGLE NOW SPREADS ITS WINGS OVER THE 
CITY HALL, AND THE MEDALLION HEAD OF 
WASHINGTON IS PRESERVED IN THE MUSEUM 
OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. 




VIEW OF THE SALEM RAILROAD STATION AND 
THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TUNNEL. THE 
NEW ASIATIC BUILDING ERECTED IN 1856 IS 
SHOWN AT THE LEFT AND ALSO THE FIRST 
CHURCH BEFORE IT WAS REMODELLED. THIS 
ENGRAVING WAS MADE ABOUT 1860. 




THE ESSEX COUNTY POST RIDER OF 1734. A 
DEVICE REPRODUCED FROM THE ENGRAVED 
HEADING OF "tHE BOSTON WEEKLY POST 
boy" OF OCTOBER, 1734. 



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OLD ENGRAVINGS 
OF VIEWS AND 
BUILDINGS IN 
ESSEX COUNTY 



